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63769

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (Draft)
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date they plan to publish their response to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill (HL Paper 103, Session 2013–14) published in December 2013.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to reflect on the report from the Joint Committee on Prisoner Voting Rights and is considering its recommendations.</p><p>This is not a straightforward issue and the Government is looking carefully at the Committee's conclusions, which included new options for implementation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 01/07/2014 16:10:25 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

46994

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Imprisonment for Public Protection prisoners were imprisoned at the latest date available date; how many of those were beyond the tariff; and of those beyond their tariff, how many (1) have completed rehabilitation programmes courses successfully, (2) have been on rehabilitation courses but have not completed them successfully, (3) have been offered rehabilitation courses but are awaiting their completion, and (4) have not been offered rehabilitation courses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL6602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Parole Board assesses the risk posed by individual prisoners when considering their release or transfer to open conditions, and work that has been completed to reduce these risks, rather than only looking at whether specific offending behaviour programmes (OBPs) have been completed. It is not mandatory for Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners to complete OBPs in order to achieve release. Other work that may help to reduce risk may take the form of accredited OBPs; however, it may also include activities such as education or training, work, one to one sessions with a psychologist and a range of other interventions. Although in some circumstances an OBP may be the preferred option, the Parole Board may consider that an offender has reduced their risk of harm, despite not being able to attend a particular course, because they have been able to undertake other offending behaviour work which has achieved the same outcome.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 December 2013 there were 5,335 prisoners serving an Indeterminate Sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection, of which 3,561 were beyond the tariff.</p><p>Of these prisoners beyond tariff, 3,160 had completed at least one accredited offending behaviour programme successfully; 415 had attended a programme and not completed it successfully and of these, 62 had yet to complete any programme successfully; and 184 are currently attending a programme and the outcome is not yet known.</p><p> </p><p>The figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>No information is collected on how many prisoners have not been offered an accredited offending behaviour programme and this could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

62453

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many category A and category B prisoners are currently being held in category C or category D prisons.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Taylor of Bolton
	uin	HL391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All prisoners are assessed as to their risk of escape or abscond, and their risk of harm to the public should they escape or abscond, which ensures allocation of prisoners to a prison providing appropriate levels of security. Only those prisoners categorised as C would be held in a category C prison and only those considered suitable would be held in category D open conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Those same procedures ensure that category A and B prisoners are not allocated to category C or D prisons and that all prisoners are held in an establishment of at least the security category to which they have been assigned.</p><p> </p><p>Prisoners re-categorised to a higher category would be held in the prison's Segregation Unit until such time as they could be moved to more appropriate accommodation.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 26/06/2014 12:43:11 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	407 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Bolton

45744

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legal cases were decided under Sharia law in the United Kingdom in 2012 and 2013.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL6393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Sharia law has no jurisdiction here and legal cases are not decided under Sharia law in the United Kingdom's courts and tribunals. The answer to the question is therefore ‘none'.</p><p>If people choose to use Sharia for the purposes of dispute resolution or to agree a contract, for example, the enforceability of such arrangements will be entirely dependent on the law of the relevant part of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Regardless of religious belief everyone in the United Kingdom is equal before the law of the land.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

57547

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homicide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been killed in the United Kingdom since 1984 by persons previously convicted of homicide.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL20
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>A life sentence is mandatory on conviction for murder and a whole life order starting point applies to a murder by an offender previously convicted of murder. Discretionary life sentences or long determinate sentences are available for other very serious offences. This Government has introduced an automatic life sentence for a second very serious violent or sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) holds information on those persons convicted of homicide offences having previously been convicted of a homicide offence. However, the MOJ does not hold information centrally on the number of homicide victims associated with these crimes.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the number of offenders with previous convictions for homicide by offenders convicted of homicide in each year from 2001 to 2013. Homicide includes among others, the offences of murder, manslaughter, infanticide, corporate manslaughter and causing death by dangerous and careless driving. See footnote 3 for all types of homicides.</p><p /> <p /> <p>The MoJ's extract of the Police National Computer only holds the complete criminal records of offenders who have been sentenced or cautioned since the beginning of 2000, Therefore it is not possible to provide criminal history time series information all the way back to 1984.</p><p> </p><p>The figures given in the table have been drawn from the extract of Police National Computer (PNC) data held by the Ministry of Justice. As with any large scale recording system the PNC is subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the police.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 18:37:22 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL20_Table 1.doc title No of offenders with previous convictions
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

47764

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were given a community sentence with a mental health community treatment order in each Probation Trust area in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
	uin	HL6712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department of Health, Ministry of Justice and the Home Office are working closely with NHS England to deliver Liaison &amp; Diversion services. These will ensure that offenders' health needs (mental health, learning disability and substance misuse) are identified and assessed, and that the appropriate referral is made at the earliest opportunity within the criminal justice system. The information gained from such assessments should inform key decision makers within the CJS, so that prosecutors and sentencers are able to make more informed decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Liaison and diversion services will be introduced in police custody suites and criminal courts across England and funding has been transferred to NHS England to commission a test model from April 2014 that will form the basis of the rollout of this national service.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of offenders starting supervision under Community Orders with mental health treatment requirements attached, in each probation trust in England and Wales, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and January to September 2013. Data for the last quarter of 2013 will be available from 24 April 2014.</p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to errors with data entry and processing.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7">Offenders starting supervision under Community Orders with mental health</td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">requirements attached, by Probation Trust, England and Wales</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Trust</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>Jan-Sep 2013<sup>(1)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Avon &amp; Somerset</td><td>13</td><td>13</td><td>8</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Bedfordshire</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Cambridgeshire</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>12</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Cheshire</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Durham Tees Valley</td><td>14</td><td>8</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Cumbria</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Derbyshire</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Devon &amp; Cornwall</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Dorset</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Essex</td><td>33</td><td>35</td><td>19</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucestershire</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Hampshire</td><td>23</td><td>19</td><td>17</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>West Mercia</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Hertfordshire</td><td>29</td><td>12</td><td>10</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Humberside</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Kent</td><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>17</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Leicestershire</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Lincolnshire</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Greater Manchester</td><td>57</td><td>52</td><td>41</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>Merseyside</td><td>19</td><td>13</td><td>12</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk</td><td>7</td><td>17</td><td>18</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Northamptonshire</td><td>6</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Northumbria</td><td>19</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Nottinghamshire</td><td>12</td><td>12</td><td>4</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Thames Valley</td><td>22</td><td>18</td><td>22</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Staffs &amp; West Mids</td><td>47</td><td>36</td><td>26</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Surrey &amp; Sussex</td><td>23</td><td>19</td><td>24</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Warwickshire</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Wiltshire</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>North Yorkshire</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>6</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>South Yorkshire</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>West Yorkshire</td><td>18</td><td>15</td><td>8</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>30</td><td>37</td><td>37</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>London</td><td>172</td><td>161</td><td>157</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>England and Wales</td><td>696</td><td>606</td><td>523</td><td>418</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(1) Data for October-December 2013 available after pubication on 24 April 2014</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

41679

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions brought in the last 10 years under sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E and 29F of the Public Order Act 1986 and under sections 31 and 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have resulted in a guilty verdict.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL5770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for selected offences under the Public Order Act 1986 and Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in England and Wales, from 2004 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice in May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5769 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL5769 5770 - Lord Lester.XLS title HL5769 & 5770 table refered to in answer.
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

41678

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought in the last 10 years under sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29B, 29C, 29D, 29E and 29F of the Public Order Act 1986 and under sections 31 and 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL5769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for selected offences under the Public Order Act 1986 and Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in England and Wales, from 2004 to 2012 (latest data available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice in May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL5770 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks attachment 1 file name HL5769 5770 - Lord Lester.XLS title HL5769 & 5770 table refered to in answer.
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

49933

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many repeat offenders serving prison sentences of less than one year have been provided with a resettlement package to facilitate their return to the community in the past year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
	uin	HL6897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Obtaining the information requested would involve the 35 probation trusts in searching the individual records of offenders and this could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

60550

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Utilities: Meters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times magistrates have issued warrants to utility companies permitting the forcible installation of prepayment meters in the homes of their customers in each year since 2002–03.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Utility companies apply for warrants of entry to magistrates' courts. When the application is heard the outcome is recorded on the court register. They are not recorded or collated centrally so this question could only be answered by manually inspecting records at each magistrates' court, which would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 17/06/2014 14:12:47 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett